Greetings from the Southern Festival of Books!

Presented by Humanities Tennessee, this year's (virtual!) celebration of the written word is currently underway and will go through October 11th. All sessions are free, no registration required, and will stream, live, on the Festival's YouTube channel as well as Facebook. (They'll also be available to watch after as well!) We hope you can join us! 

 

Please visit sofestofbooks.org for full author lineup and schedule. This list highlights student offering but there are many other authors for all readers on the schedule!

 

(TIMES IN CST)

MIDDLE GRADE

  • In Conversation: Stephan Pastis and Amy Timberlake
    Sept. 29th at 6:00pm
  • In Conversation: Kathi Appelt, Elizabeth Bunce, and Jessica Young
    Oct. 2 at 11:00am
  • In Conversation. Elizabeth Eulberg and Gayle Forman
    Oct. 6 at 11:00am
  • Look Both Ways with Jason Reynolds*
    Oct. 7 at 7:00pm
    *This session will be geared toward educators! However Jason Reynolds will also be visiting Tennessee students via a live stream on Oct. 22 at 9:30am. If your school/students would like to attend, please email [log in to unmask]
  • In Conversation: Andrew Maraniss, Jamie Sumner, and Kristin Tubb
    Oct. 9 at 1:00pm
  • In Conversation: Tracy Baptiste and Andrea Williams
    Oct. 10 at 2:30pm

 

 

YA

In Conversation: Rachael Lippincott, Shanna Miles, and Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
September 21

In Conversation: Sarah Hollowell and Erica Waters
Oct. 6 at 6:00pm  

YA SFB 2021 Playlist on YouTube

 

 

Patrick Shaffner

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